A few seconds later, Glover coughed harshly, and Thales let go of Waiya and rubbed his eyes.
"Your Highness."
Huaiya held Thales' shoulders and sighed:
"I haven't seen you in half a year. You...you have grown taller again."
Thales smiled.
"I'd say you do too, but..."
Thales patted his shoulder happily:
"Just come back,"
Thales left Huaiya, opened his arms with complicated emotions, and walked towards the next person.
"And you..."
When Rolf saw this, he quickly stepped back and gestured:
【No.】
There was a hint of fear in his eyes:
【Don't.】
【I don't.】
Thales, who knew the other party's character well, smiled, and his open arms dropped again:
"Okay, forget it."
"It's okay, this is quite interesting." D.D, who was watching, said dullly.
But Thales immediately turned around and hugged the others one by one.
"Jenard, how are you, and you, Willow with the twin guns?"
"Your Highness."
Veteran Gennard is very calm:
"Just changing my duty to another place."
"Your Highness!" Willow, a former recruit, looked around excitedly:
"So uncle didn't lie to me. We are really in the royal capital - much better than the big countryside in Longxiao City!"
After Thales finished greeting his most familiar old members one by one, Cohen saw the opportunity and stepped forward.
"You are back, the real big brother Huai Ya!" The security officer excitedly hugged Huai Ya and almost lifted him off the ground.
"Big brother? What kind of name is this?" Huaiya looked suspicious, and his enthusiasm for him was obviously not as good as that of Thales:
"Wait, why do you say 'real'?"
But Cohen didn't care. He lifted him off the ground and spun him around in circles for three and a half times:
"I miss you so much!"
Amid Wyatt's complaints and curses, Cohen embraced everyone generously.
Until he saw Rolf.
"Hmm..." Sui Feng Ghost's eyes were cold, but under Wyatt's warning gaze, he just made a beastly warning voice to Cohen, and then turned away.
"Okay," the security officer rubbed his head awkwardly, shrugged at Rolf's back, and murmured:
"Yes, I'm fine... I'm glad to see you too... let's have a drink together when we have time..."
"Hey," Doyle frowned, poked Cohen, and pointed at Rolf:
"He ignored you."
Cohen turned his head, his expression changed from an embarrassed smile to gritted teeth:
"I know!"
Glover coughed, attracting the attention of Thales and Wyatt:
"Your Highness?"
D.D adjusted his clothes elegantly, looked at the newcomers, and then looked at the prince expectantly.
Thales came back to his senses.
"Everyone, I would like to introduce you, but now is obviously not the time."
He patted Glover on the shoulder, and then beat Waiya on the chest:
"Let's get to know each other on the road."
Doyle's hopeful eyes dimmed, feeling aggrieved.
Thales took a deep breath and took his mount from Conmuto:
"Are you ready?"
Jenny neighed happily.
Thales chuckled lightly and refused Conmuto's kindness to squat down and help him get on the horse. He recalled Nicolai's equestrian lessons and the crime of Hell River happened as he pleased. He simply stepped on the saddle and got on the horse.
"Let's go."
So, a group of people who were excited, excited, strange, doubtful, etc. gathered together and followed Jenny's steps onto the road of revival and hurried forward.
As a security officer, Doyle took stiff steps and was about to catch up to Thales' right side, but another figure was already one step ahead of him.
"Thank you, but I am His Highness's attendant," Huaiya walked beside Thales' horse and reached out to refuse. His words were polite but could not be refused:
"It is the proper duty to be at your side."
Doyle's eyes widened.
"Are you the prince's attendant?"
D.D landed on the outside of Huai Ya and whispered unhappily: "What's your name?"
"Waia."
Doyle narrowed his eyes: "Waiya what?"
"Huaiya...Kasuo." The attendant said coldly.
"Huh, Ka Suo, who did I think it was -" D.D snorted softly at first, then his expression suddenly changed when he remembered:
"Ah, Casso?"
Doyle became instantly affable:
"Oh, brother Huai Ya! I have admired your name for a long time. How is your father, Count Kasuo, doing lately?"
Huaiya was not good at dealing with such enthusiasm, so he could only show an ugly smile.
Rolf on the other side sneered.
Huaiya's eyes turned cold and he turned to D.D and said:
"This is Medila Rolfe. In fact, he has been following His Highness earlier than me..."
Rolf's smile choked.
D.D turned his head and his eyes brightened again.
"Brother, your name is Rolf?"
"..."
"Wow, what a name. Your parents are really talented!"
"..."
"Hey, your mask is so cool! Where did you buy it?"
"..."
"I know, you don't like to talk, that's okay, I like people who cherish words like gold..."
"..."
"Because I know that people like you don't speak normally, but at critical moments all you say are wise words..."
"..."
"Speaking of which, I, Danny Doyle, am the guard officer of His Royal Highness Thales' personal guard..."
"..."
"Would you like to go to Hongfang Street together when you have time? It's okay, you're welcome, I'm very familiar with it! The Blood Bottle Gang will give me face!"
"..."
"Brother, you don't have to say anything, I know, I know everything..."
"..."
Behind them, Cohen couldn't hold it in any longer and laughed so hard:
"Hahahaha, don't you know?"
"He is mute and cannot speak!"
D.D, who was disrupted, turned back angrily:
"What's wrong with the mute? Can't the mute be able to speak? What's wrong with you..."
Doyle paused in his words, and then looked back pitifully at Rolf, who looked gloomy, flattering and aggrieved.
"That, hehe, hehe,"
"Hug, I'm sorry, brother."
Cohen gloated on the sidelines and made a "shabi" mouth gesture.
But Doyle quickly thought of a remedy.
"It's okay, you don't have to say anything, I understand, I understand everything!"
Doyle stretched out his thumb and patted Rolf's shoulder vigorously, ignoring the latter's increasingly cold eyes:
"real man!"
"It's worth risking your life for His Highness, so becoming mute is nothing!"
"Hahahahaha——" Cohen covered his mouth again and laughed fiercely.
"What's wrong?" Doyle glared at him.
The security officer nodded and made fun of D.D:
"The reason why he can't speak is because I destroyed his throat during a street fight..."
Rolf turned back suddenly, his eyes like daggers!
Cohen shuddered and paused.
He reacted, made an apologetic expression to Rolf, and laughed awkwardly:
"Ahem, I'm sorry, cough."
But D.D raised the corner of his mouth and poked the security officer proudly:
"I think he heard it."
Cohen looked back in embarrassment and said angrily:
"I know!"
Rolf snorted angrily and left the row.
Paralyzed.
Another self-righteous villain came to the prince's side.
He thought so and glanced at Huai Ya:
Why, isn’t one enough?
Thales rode on his horse and asked Huiya who was nearest him:
"How did you come back?"
"It's a long story." Huaiya shook his head.
"Viscount Neiman is right. You are gone. We are insignificant to Longxiao City. The Grand Duchess ordered us to go. Of course, the boss of the Fallen Stars was reluctant at first, but they will soon go on an expedition..."
"Putilai," Thales thought of his old friend:
"Where are the others?"
"Viscount Niemann left halfway," Wyatt also missed:
"Says he has other important matters."
Thales chuckled and shook his head.
"As always, mysterious."
Huaiya cheered up:
"In short, it will be much easier once you leave Longxiao City..."
But Thales' mind suddenly moved, and he remembered what he saw at the royal banquet.
"Wait a minute, according to Little Pot Lid, aren't you still stuck on the border between the two countries?"
The prince wondered:
"Why are you back so soon?"
Huaiya shook his head:
"No, Your Highness, we returned to the stars two weeks ago and stopped for a few days on the way,"
He was a little puzzled:
"Little pot lid? Pot lid... Oh! You mean the son of Grand Duke Zai Zaota? Wasn't he sent by you?"
Thales was stunned.
"No, I didn't...wait a minute, let's figure it out."
Thales took a deep breath and recalled Levi Trudida who came to him for help at the royal banquet and only asked to stay by his side for five minutes.
That little pot lid.
"So, on your way back, you did meet Levi Trudida, the son of the Grand Duke of Zazaita, right?"
Huaiya recalled it carefully.
"Yes. We met him a few weeks ago, and he paid our food and lodging bill so that we could eat and drink before we left. He claimed to be the one you entrusted to the Grand Duchess of Selma, who in turn entrusted it to him.
, came to express condolences to us on the way."
The attendant asked:
"Is not it?"
Thales smoothed Jenny's mane and frowned:
"no."
"In fact, Levi just met me for the first time last night... He told me that you were stuck at the border between the two countries by the people from the Black Sands, and he was trying to mediate and come to ensure that you are safe first."
Thales slowly reacted:
"Is not it?"
Huaiya shook his head hard:
"no."
Both Thales and Huaiya were silent for a while.
"So you didn't ask him to report to me."
"So he was not sent by you and the Grand Duchess."
The two of them figured it out and exhaled together.
"Levi Trudida."
"What a prince with empty gloves, quite like his father," Thales muttered the other person's name, remembering the other person's sly and flattering smile, and said angrily:
"The routine is very deep."
Huaiya was worried:
"I'm sorry, have you... lost anything because of this?"
Thales stroked Jenny's neck and said glumly:
"Yes, a few slices of lettuce, a few minutes of chatting time, and the resume of 'I chatted and laughed with Prince Thales'."
Huaiya looked confused.
But the prince was immediately relieved:
"Fair enough, because I didn't really want to help him at all."
Thales couldn't help but laugh softly when he thought of Levi running in both directions to hit the information gap.
"Your Highness, are you okay?"
After experiencing the joy of meeting each other, Huaiya was as serious as ever and said worriedly: "We heard that you were made a duke, but there was an accident at the banquet..."
Thales waved his hands indifferently.
"It doesn't matter," the prince said relievedly: "You know, my banquet, if nothing happens..."
He shrugged and said the next words in his mind:
Then should I still be called Thales?
Huaiya lowered his head slowly.
"Your Highness," the attendant said sadly:
"I'm very sorry."
"I can't be by your side to protect you."
Thales looked at him like this and raised the corners of his mouth.
"No, in fact, you helped me a lot."
The prince leaned over and patted his shoulder, blinking his left eye:
"Especially your name."
Huaiya raised his head, looking confused.
Thales did not give any further explanation, intending to leave the meaning of these words to Huaiya himself.
The prince raised his eyebrows and remembered something.
"By the way, Ada, where is she?"
Huaiya shook his head:
"I don't know, she disappeared the first second we stepped into Yongxing City. Uncle Gennard told us not to be nervous. Worrying about her is better than worrying about ourselves."
"In fact, with Ms. Ada's temperament, I am surprised that she can follow us peacefully along the way..."
It was indeed Ada.
Thales sighed:
"That's because she would be lost without you."
Huaiya thought for a moment and then suddenly realized.
"It doesn't matter," Thales said to Glover and the others:
"We can still get things done without her."
"I see, your guard has been upgraded," Huaiya looked at Glover, who was still vigilant, with a hint of loneliness in his eyes:
"Especially this man, I can feel that he is very powerful."
"Yes," Thales turned his head, looked at Doyle, Conmuto and others, and sighed:
"I have my own royal guard,"
Although the problems are scattered, although the leader likes to oppose me, even though he can't protect himself now...
"But when my attendant is not around, something is always missing."
Thales patted Huaiya on the shoulder, and fighting spirit reignited in the latter's eyes.
"Of course, they are just guards, but I am a guard. We are different." Huaiya was full of confidence.
"Ah," Thales put his hand on the reins again and looked at the Fuxing Palace getting closer and closer in front of him:
"Of course you are."
Glover, who was walking forward silently, suddenly felt something strange. He turned his head and saw the young man who had just embraced the prince looking at him with piercing eyes.
The heroic young man extended his hand in a friendly manner:
"I am Huaiya, the attendant to His Highness the Prince."
Glover stared at the other person's hand warily. After two seconds, he tentatively stretched out his hand and shook hands with Huaiya.
"Karen Glover,"
"Royal Guard - Star Lake Guard, First Class Pioneer Officer."
Huaiya smiled:
"thank you."
Glover responded with a confused look.
"When the prince returns home, it seems that the dust has settled and the scenery is endless."
"However, those of us who have been with His Highness all year round know that there are countless hidden dangers behind this," Huaiya looked at Thales who was deep in thought on his mount: "He needs more helpers."
But he looked at D.D and sighed:
"But when we meet again today, the people around him... you are the only one who seems more reliable."
Glover's face brightened slightly.
It seems that there are still normal people around His Highness.
But he paused for a moment.
"Wait, you said, your name is Huaiya?"
Huaiya said solemnly:
"Exactly."
Glover's expression was a little strange: "Is it just Waiya?"
"No...another name?"
"My name is Wyatt Castle, if that's what you mean."
Glover looked stunned.
"Oh, so, you are really Wyatt."
Huaiya was stunned:
"sorry?"
"It's okay, it's just..." Glover glanced at Thales' back:
"His Highness often... talks about you."
Huaiya glanced at Thales on the horse and felt a special emotion.
"We were supposed to be with His Highness and protect him. But we failed to fulfill our responsibilities and got ourselves into trouble and became a liability."
"But not only did His Highness never blame him, he was also concerned about our safety."
Huaiya sighed:
"How can I repay this favor?"
But after saying this, Huaiya vaguely felt that Glover's expression seemed even weirder when he saw him.
"You...actually have already reported it."
Huaiya was confused for a while: "Why?"
"Because your name is Waiya." The zombie replied briefly.
Huaiya was stunned again.
"Strange," the attendant said, somewhat puzzled:
"His Highness seems to have said so. Does my name have any meaning?"
Glover coughed.
"It's okay, it's just that you'd better not go to Hongfang Street."
"Why?"
"Because your name is Wyatt."
Huaiya only became more and more confused.
Until D.D’s voice interrupted:
"Oh, brother Huai Ya, just ignore him. Just ask me about the royal guards, especially the guard wing that protects the family and the country - hiss!"
Huaiya turned around in shock, only to see a tearful Doyle approaching him.
"This...Danny, you...what's wrong with you?"
"It's okay," Doyle held his back and was about to cry: "It's just...my back hurts."
"Behind?" Huaiya was surprised.
D.D took a breath and looked like a delicate woman waiting for you to be cherished: "You know, there was a party last night. This, hehe, work-related injuries, occupational risks..."
Party, work injury, back pain?
Huaiya's expression became more and more magical.
But Doyle looked lonely at Glover, who looked very ugly:
"By the way, Glover, you, your back also hurts, right?"
The zombie turned away indifferently:
"No, I can handle it."
"Actually, you don't have to be brave," D.D sighed weakly:
"It's all my fault, Chief Marius. He moved too hard against both of us...ah, I feel like I'm going to split in the back..."
"If I had known this, we shouldn't have done that last night..."
Glover's steps froze.
Huaiya looked strange:
"You...what did you do last night?"
Doyle raised his head with a bitter but pleased smile:
"It doesn't matter, it's just me and Glover... we just acted on impulse."
He looked at the zombie with crystal clear eyes:
"Really, Glover?"
Impulse.
Huaiya's eyes became more and more strange.
Glover was stunned and wanted to explain, but in the end he just snorted angrily and moved forward.
D.D, who was left behind, raised his hands and laughed:
"Hey, it was just a joke!"
"Don't be so stingy!"
Glover gritted his teeth, looked at D.D, and then at Cohen who was giggling with Willow on the other side.
really.
Lillian is right:
The evil spirits in the world are one family.
It’s all related to their motherfuckers.
Behind Thales, others are also trying to get to know each other and get along with new teammates, such as Comuto and Gennard, who are complimenting each other.
Conmuto patted Genard on the shoulder and praised:
"Looking at your posture, you must have served in the military!"
Jennard gave a thumbs up:
"Looking at your habits, you are obviously a professional bodyguard!"
Conmuto shook his head modestly:
"Award after award, he is just not talented. He was once affiliated to the Inner City Police Department..."
Jennard said politely:
"Nowhere, I just worked in the Star Legion and the City Defense Team..."
"Wow, the famous Star Legion! So you are a veteran and a war hero!" Conmuto's eyes lit up.
"Tsk tsk, the security officers in the inner city are responsible for the protection of VIPs and internal supervision. Even the city defense teams in each department are under their jurisdiction..." Gennard sighed sincerely.
"It's all outsiders who are just fooling around... By the way, how did you go to the North to follow His Highness?" Conmuto asked curiously.
"What a hero? You can't bear to look back... How did you change from a vigilance officer to a royal guard?" Gennard asked politely.
Conmuto waved his hands humbly:
"Hey, luckily for me, six years ago, we gloriously cracked a series of corruption cases involving the Dongcheng District City Defense Team, and I got a recommendation..."
Jennard shook his head mockingly:
"Oh, it's unfortunate. Six years ago, when I was still in the Dongcheng District City Defense Team, I was falsely accused of corruption and bribery, and was implicated..."
Having said this, the smiles of Jenard and Commuto both froze.
They turned their heads at the same time and looked at each other in astonishment.
After a few seconds, the two turned around mechanically and stiffly, and the conversation was completely silent.
In this way, the newly gathered group of people were chatting with each other, some were tired of work, some were restless, some were adaptable or uncomfortable, and they rode forward around Thales in the center, attracting the attention of countless people along the way.
.
It looks like a group of stragglers.
Thales was riding a horse, swaying, but he had a vague illusion:
They were just like the hastily formed mission six years ago. They didn't even know each other yet, so they all set off in a hurry, heading north through the snow, heading for an unknown road ahead.
And now...
Thales looked deeply at Fuxing Avenue and the Fuxing Palace at the end of it, wondering what to think.
"Your Highness," Huaiya sighed:
"Perhaps you don't know what returning to the stars, returning to Yongxing City, and reuniting with you means to us."
Thales turned back:
"oh?"
"It feels as if," Huaiya looked at the familiar streets and sky, his tone became brisk: "It seems that the journey is over and the hard work is no longer."
"And we can rest."
Thales was silent for a while, and then he spoke awkwardly.
"Um, about that, Huaiya..."
"Now, I may not be able to rest."
Can't rest.
Huaiya's face paused slightly.
"Your Highness, I'm sorry?"
Thales took a deep breath and looked seriously at the attendant who had been with him for six years:
"Waiya, do you believe me?"
"When-" Huaiya subconsciously wanted to nod, but stopped halfway when he raised his head.
"No, Your Highness, I have learned. I have a bad feeling. The last time you asked me this..."
Huaiya recalled Thales' "glorious deeds" in the Northland, first feeling frightened and then suspicious:
"You asked me to find—Charmaine Lombard."
This name attracted the attention of the travelers, and most of them turned their heads and looked at the prince.
Thales' smile froze slightly.
"Speak directly, Your Highness, you..."
Huaiya looked at the smiling prince hesitantly.
"What do you want to do again?"
Thales exhaled and smiled bitterly.
"Yeah, I, I'm sorry, you went through so much hardship just to be able to return to Yongxing City..."
"I shouldn't have gotten you involved..."
But when Huaiya looked at the prince, his vigilance suddenly relaxed, and he lowered his head and smiled.
"Well, Your Highness, you are right," Huaiya raised his head in relief and said with a wry smile:
"You are you after all, if nothing happens..."
He didn't say any more, but with a solemn look on his face, he hit his chest with a fist: "No matter what you want to do..."
"This life, this body, is for you to drive."
"I will not hesitate to die for you."
This made Thales a little embarrassed, and he twitched the corner of his mouth.
That's not the case...
"Say no more," Huaiya unclenched his fist as if he had put down a big stone:
"We are the people who followed you and rolled through the mountains of swords and sea of fire in Longxiao City."
Huaiya smiled brightly:
"Nothing in this world can scare us anymore."
At that moment, Thales fell silent and had mixed feelings.
The young man raised his head:
"real?"
Wyatt looked at Rolf and raised his chin.
Suifengzhi's eyes were cold and he made a forward gesture.
Thales smiled tacitly and looked at the others.
"Wherever you go, we will go." Gennard bowed deeply, causing Willow beside him to also bow nervously.
"The royal guards will of course go through fire and water for you." Conmuto's face was full of loyalty.
Thales nodded.
D.D looked left and right, and cleared his throat.
"You are His Highness, we should listen to you, this is true."
Doyle's emotions were intense at first, and then slowly settled down:
"But you also saved my family."
He patted the horse's belly with great emotion:
"Not every Your Highness can do without sacrificing his own strength."
Jenny turned around and hissed fiercely, which frightened Doyle, who was in a good mood, and immediately retracted his hands.
"You listened to my story, Your Highness," Glover was silent for a while amid everyone's laughter, and then slowly spoke:
"I should also listen to you."
Thales looked at him deeply:
"Thank you."
"Uh, um, I, you said it," Cohen saw everyone's eyes coming towards him. He was nervous and struggled for a long time before he said an inexplicable word:
"Don Quixote? Charge?"
Except for Glover, everyone else was startled and looked at Cohen as if they were a fool.
Thales snorted and laughed heartily.
But yes.
The young man took a deep breath and sat upright.
Don Quixote.
"Very good," the second prince said solemnly:
"Everyone, listen: we are going to Fuxing Palace now."
Huaiya tightened his single-edged sword and answered calmly:
"Of course, what do you want us to do?"
Thales did not answer immediately.
He stared straight ahead, walking along Fuxing Avenue until he hit the dark and deep Great Pyramid.
That's Fuxing Palace.
It's a snare.
It is also his windmill.
At that second, Thales raised the corners of his mouth and spoke softly:
"rebellion."
In an instant, the team, including Cohen, that was chatting and laughing suddenly fell silent.
The streets are still bustling with people coming and going, full of the fireworks of citizen life.
It was in perfect contrast to the deathly silence of this small team.
It seems like a century has passed.
"Plan, plot..."
Huaiya's hoarse voice came out with difficulty, but he still couldn't form a sentence.
In this atmosphere where everyone was silent, Thales, who was riding a horse, raised his head and looked back.
"You guys tell me."
The setting sun is golden, with the Grand Fuxing Palace in the background as a backdrop, the young Duke has a clear smile and a calm attitude:
"What does it feel like to be a king?"
No one answered him.
Only the black horse Jenny, who was inexperienced in the world, neighed excitedly and still took her small steps, responding to the caress of her master.